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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 5265 

To take certain land into trust for the benefit of the Tonto Apache Tribe, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024 

Ms. SINEMA (for herself and Mr. KELLY) introduced the following bill; which 

was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural 

Resources 

A BILL 

To take certain land into trust for the benefit of the Tonto 

Apache Tribe, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Tonto Apache Land 

5 Transfer Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. TONTO APACHE TRIBE LAND TRANSFER. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after the 

8 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture 

9 shall transfer administrative jurisdiction over the National 

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1 retary of the Interior, who is authorized and directed to 

2 take and hold that land in trust for the benefit of the 

3 Tonto Apache Tribe. 

4 (b) NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM LAND DE5 SCRIBED.—The land referred to in subsections (a) and (d) 

6 is, in T. 10 N., R. 10 E., Gila and Salt River Meridian, 

7 Gila County, Arizona— 

(1) 20 acres in the S1⁄2 SW1⁄4 SW1 8 ⁄4 of sec. 9; 

(2) 10 acres in the SW1⁄4 SE1⁄4 SW1 9 ⁄4 of sec. 

10 9; 

(3) 40 acres in the NE1⁄4 SE1 11 ⁄4 of sec. 10; 

(4) 40 acres in the SE1⁄4 SE1 12 ⁄4 of sec. 10; 

13 (5) 640 acres in sec. 15; 

14 (6) 640 acres in sec. 16; 

15 (7) 640 acres in sec. 17; 

(8) 320 acres in the N1 16 ⁄2 of sec. 20; 

(9) 20 acres in the N1⁄2 NW1⁄4 SW1 17 ⁄4 of sec. 

18 20; 

(10) 20 acres in the N1⁄2 NE1⁄4 SW1 19 ⁄4 of sec. 

20 20; 

(11) 40 acres in the NW1⁄4 SE1 21 ⁄4 of sec. 20; 

(12) 40 acres in the NE1⁄4 SE1 22 ⁄4 of sec. 20; 

(13) 40 acres in the SE1⁄4 SE1 23 ⁄4 of sec 20; 

(14) 20 acres in the N1⁄2 SW1⁄4 SE1 24 ⁄4 of sec. 

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(15) 320 acres in the N1 1 ⁄2 of sec. 21; 

(16) 160 acres in the SW1 2 ⁄4 of sec. 21; 

(17) 40 acres in the NW1⁄4 SE1 3 ⁄4 of sec. 21; 

4 and 

(18) 10 acres in the NW1⁄4 SW1⁄4 SE1 5 ⁄4 of sec. 

6 21. 

7 (c) RESERVATION STATUS.—The land taken into 

8 trust under subsection (a) shall be— 

9 (1) part of the Reservation of the Tonto Apache 

10 Tribe; and 

11 (2) administered in accordance with the laws 

12 and regulations generally applicable to land held in 

13 trust by the United States for an Indian Tribe. 

14 (d) WITHDRAWAL.—Subject to all valid existing 

15 rights, including easements, rights-of-way, contracts, and 

16 management agreements, the land described in subsection 

17 (b) is withdrawn from all forms of— 

18 (1) entry, appropriation, or disposal under the 

19 public land laws; 

20 (2) location, entry, and patent under the mining 

21 laws; and 

22 (3) disposition under all laws pertaining to min23 eral and geothermal leasing or mineral materials. 

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